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17,446.41 +109.99 NASDAQ
5,190.10 -25.87 FTSE
6,996.26 +9.69 S&P 500
2,126.41 -6.63 Hang Seng
22,954.81 -177.54 SPI 200 Fut
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2.715 -0.025 US 30 YR Bond
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0.7150 0.7128 EUR US$
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104.49 105.32 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,273.00
Silver (Lon)
17.73 Gold (NY)
1,275.91
Light Crude
48.70 TRJCRB Index
189.21 -0.84 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks declined in a volatile session on Friday but were able to partially recover from a sharp drop spurred by news the FBI will review more emails related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's private email use.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 8.29 points, or 0.05 percent, to 18,161.39, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 6.6 points, or 0.31 percent, to 2,126.44 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 25.87 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,190.10.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index edged higher on Friday, led by a rise in airlines following an earnings update from IAG (LON:ICAG), though banks were also in focus after a busy week of earnings that saw the sector hold near its highest level of 2016.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE closed 0.1 percent higher at 6,996.26 points, though it was down 0.3 percent for the week.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Friday to a fresh six-month high as rising global bond yields helped financials, reflecting hopes of stepped up investments by financial institutions in overseas bonds amid Japan's low bond yield environment.
The Nikkei .N225 gained 0.6 percent to end at 17,446.41, the highest closing level since April 22. For the week, the benchmark index gained 1.5 percent.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open lower on Monday, after Wall Street ended lower and oil prices fell. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group will be in the frame again, following a profit warning last Friday, as its shares were put on a trading halt in New Zealand pending an announcement.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 slipped 0.1 percent to 5,250, which was a 33.8-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark fell 2.7 percent last week.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar tumbled against a basket of major currencies on Friday while hitting a three-week high against the Mexican peso on U.S. political uncertainty after the FBI said it would review more emails related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's private email use
The euro hit an eight-day peak against the dollar of $1.0991 EUR= , putting it up about 0.9 percent on the day, while the dollar fell about 0.7 percent against the yen to a session low of 104.49 yen JPY= after hitting a three-month high of 105.53 earlier.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury short-dated yields fell from five-month peaks to trade flat on Friday after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it will investigate additional emails relating to Hillary Clinton's use of a private server.
In late trading, U.S. two-year note yields were at 0.856 percent US2YT=RR , down from Thursday's 0.884 percent. Two-year yields earlier rose to a five-month high of 0.9 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose 1 percent to the highest level in nearly four weeks on Friday, extending gains late in the session after the FBI said it will further investigate Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email system.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.8 percent at $1,278.38 an ounce by 2:54 p.m. EDT (1854 GMT), after rising 1.3 percent to $1,284.14, the highest since Oct. 4. It is on track to close the week up 0.9 percent.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Tin prices rallied to a two-year high on Friday, helped by concerns over supply from Asia and a drop in stockpiles to a 12-year low, while aluminium hit peaks not seen since July 2015.
Three-month tin on the London Metal Exchange CMSN3 closed up 1.3 percent at $20,650 a tonne, its highest since September 2014. LME aluminium CMAL3 ended the day 1.1 percent higher at $1,718 a tonne, having touched a peak of $1,718.50.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices settled below $50 on Friday to mark their biggest weekly loss in six weeks, on concerns OPEC will not fully carry out a planned output cut, even as data showed U.S. oil drillers removed rigs from production for the first time since June.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell 76 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $49.71 a barrel. It hit a session low of $49.31. U.S. West Texas Intermediate CLc1 crude fell $1.02, or 2 percent, to $48.70 a barrel. It hit a low of $48.42.
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